2-22-18

Third Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2-22-18

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade read the historical fiction selection entitled "Sarah, Plain, and Tall." The comprehension skill focused on the story structure of setting, characters, and plot. The vocabulary strategy ncovered the prefix of non-. In grammar the class continued to work on adverbs. The phonics skill covered words ending in -ed and -ing.

Science

Students continue to learn about matter. Students made a model of the atoms in a solid, liquid, and a gas. The class is also learning about volume and mass. 

Math

The class continues to learn about the process of division. Student have learned the strategy of repeated subtraction to solve problems. The class has also made arrays to model division.

Late Slips

The third trimester begins on Monday, February 26th, which means late slips will be starting in third grade. Every time a student doesn’t not have an assignment (spelling packet, writing missed words, getting a test signed, etc) completed, he or she receives a late slip. The student must get the late slip signed and the homework completed and returned the next day.  If the homework is completed and the late slip is signed there is no other consequence.  If the late slip is not signed or the homework is not completed by the next day, the student will have to serve a detention.  On the sixth late slip received, the student gets an automatic detention.  Anymore late slips are received after the sixth one also results in detention being served.  Parents will be notified when a detention is to be served.  Students receive late slips from Mrs. Sickels, Miss Surma, and me, so the six late slips allowed are per teacher.  I have talked with the third graders about the late slip policy.  The best way to avoid late slips is to just get homework completed on time!  Please continue to check assignment books to see what was done during the day, what still needs to be completed, and what needs to be signed.  

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the late slip policy.  My email is nburg@crestonstmalachy.org or by phone at school 782-7125.  By starting the late slip policy now, students know what to expect in the upper grades.  Please take a few minutes to talk to your third grader about the late slip policy and what the consequences are for not getting work completed. 

Mass

Third grade will lead the mass next Wednesday, February 28th. Parts have been included in the take home folder. There will be a noisy change collection for the Nigerian Seminary fund.

Reading Incentive Program

February calendars are due back to school by Tuesday, March 6th. March calendars will be sent home in next week's take home folder. The goal for March is 500 minutes. March is the last month for the reading incentive program.

Important Dates

Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day ($1)

  Monday, February 26th-3rd Trimester/Late Slips Begin

Wednesday, February 28th-3rd Grade Mass
Friday, March 2nd-Volunteer at Food Pantry
Saturday, March 3rd-Foundation Dinner and Auction
Friday, March 9th-Spirit Day ($1)
Thursday, March 15th-Parent/Teacher Conferences
Friday, March 16th-No School

There is no school on Monday, March 19th through Friday, March 23rd due to spring break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 26th.

2-15-18

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2-15-18

Science

The third grade class has been learning about matter. Students identified physical properties of matter by looking at different objects to observe what they could see, feel, hear, and smell.

Reading/Language Arts

This week students have been taking the Unit 4 Benchmark test. Please look for the results in next week's take home folder.

Next week the class will be back in the reading series with lesson 21.

The students have been reading and analyzing the chapter book Donovan's Word Jar. This story is about a third grade boy that loves words.

Math

The students continue to learn about the process of division. Students have identified the number of equal groups and the number in each group. Students have also solved division word problems.

Foundation Auction

The St. Malachy Dinner and Auction is quickly approaching. The event is planned for Saturday, March 3rd. Please have all donations for the gardening basket and the canvas for the silent auction item to school by Friday, February 23rd. All donations are greatly appreciated.

Important Dates
Tuesday, February 20th-Mrs. Burg Away at Literacy Meeting (Substitute Teacher)
Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day ($1)
Monday, February 26th-3rd Trimester/Late Slips Begin
Wednesday, February 28th-3rd Grade Mass
Friday, March 2nd-Volunteer at Food Pantry
Saturday, March 3rd-Foundation Dinner and Auction
Friday, March 9th-Spirit Day ($1)
Thursday, March 15th-Parent/Teacher Conferences
Friday, March 16th-No School

There is no school on Monday, March 19th through Friday, March 23rd due to spring break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 26th.

Meteorologists from Channel 5 Visit

Channel 5 Visit

On Thursday, February 8th, Channel 5 meteorologists Taylor Kanost and Brandon Lawrence visited St. Malachy School to talk about weather. The 5th grade class is studying weather in science class. The meteorologists presented the students with some great information and some lucky students even got t shirts for answering trivia questions. Here are some pictures from their visit. St. Malachy was also featured on the morning news on Friday. Check out my school Facebook page to see it.

2-8-18

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2-2-18

Science

Students took a test today covering the solar system. The next unit of study in science will be learning about matter.

Reading/Language Arts

This week students read the nonfiction selection "Life on the Ice" about the conditions are the North and Sole Poles. The comprehension skill focused on main idea and supporting details. Students identified adverbs as the grammar skills. The vocabulary strategy covered.  The students worked with compound words as a phonics skill.

The lesson 18 and 19 weekly assessment scores have been included in the take home folder. Also in the take home folder are the results of the FAST assessments from the winter screening. This screening will also be give again in the spring. Please let me know if you have any questions over the results.

On Monday and Tuesday of next week the third grade class will be taking the Unit 4 Benchmark test in reading. There will not be moving forward in the reading series. There will be no spelling either.

Math

Third graders are now working on understanding the process of division. Students will determining the size of equal groups and number of equal groups.

Reading Incentive Program

Seven students met the goal of 500 minutes for the month of January. The total minutes read was 4,855 minutes. Those meeting the goal for the month of January include Jonhy, Rhett, Melanie, Baret, Sadie, Donald, and Taylor. Congratulations to Sadie for reading the most minutes during the month. She read 1,170 minutes total. The goal for February is 500 minutes. Please continue reading and keeping track of those minutes.

Valentine's Day Party

Valentine's Day will be celebrated at school during the afternoon of Tuesday, February 13th. Students may bring a valentine card for each student in the class to hand out. A class list was sent home in last weeks take home folder. Please don't bring valentines until the week of February 12th to school. Containers for holding the cards will be done during Art. A snack and drink will be provided during the party.

St. Malachy Foundation Annual Gala

The St. Malachy Foundation's Annual Gala is scheduled for Saturday, March 3rd at the Supertel Inn in Creston. Doors open at 5:00 PM with the auction beginning at 7:00 PM. Tickets to the event are $35 per person which includes a prime rib dinner with salad and sides. This is a great event that benefits St. Malachy School.

Please consider donating to the third, fourth, and fifth grade "Gardening" basket if you have not already done so. Any items that would fit the gardening theme or a monetary donation would be great.

Also, monetary donations are still needed for the third silent auction photograph canvas. The picture for the canvas was taken this past Wednesday. I will post a picture of the final product for everyone to see.

Important Dates

Friday, February 9th-Spirit Day ($1)
Friday, February 9th-Book Order Due
Thursday, February 13th-Valentine's Day Party in PM
Wednesday, February 14th-Bring a Friend to School Day
Thursday, February 15th-PTO Meeting
Tuesday, February 20th-Mrs. Burg at Literacy Meeting
Thursday, February 23rd-Spirit Day ($1)
Monday, February 26th-3rd Trimester Begins/Late Slips Start
Wednesday, February 28th-3rd Grade Mass
Friday, March 2nd-Volunteer at Food Pantry
Friday, March 9th-Spirit Day ($1)

Catholic Schools Week Fun

Catholic Schools Week 2018

Here are a few pictures from the past week. It has been a week of fun, service, and fellowship.

PJ/Sweats Day


Tourist Tuesday

 

Minute To Win It Games

America/Super Heroes Day

Blue/Gold Day

                                           

 

Roller Skating Fun

Dress Up Day

2-2-18

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2-2-18

Math

Third grade has been practicing multiplying by multiples of 10. Students have used the Distributive Property to solve problems and found unknown factors. The chapter 5 math test will be next week.

Science

The class is finishing up studying about the solar system. Students will have a test next week over this topic.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading the play "Two Bear Cubs." The comprehension skill focused on story structure. Students analyzed the setting, characters, and plot. The vocabulary strategy focused on the prefixes of pre-, re-, and bi-. Students worked on "oo" vowel sounds in spoon and wood. The grammar skill focused on irregular verbs.

The lesson 18 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Reading Incentive Program

February calendars have been included in this week's take home folders. The goal is 500 minutes total. January calendars are due back to school by Wednesday, February 7th.

Book Order

A book order has been included in the take home folder. Orders can be returned to school with cash or check (made payable to Scholastic) or submitted online by credit card at www.scholastic.com.  All orders are due by Friday, February 9th.

Auction Items

Donations are still needed for "Gardening" basket that grades third, fourth, and fifth are doing together, and the photograph for the third grade silent auction item. Third grade will be taking photos for the silent auction on Friday, February 2nd.  The St. Malachy Foundation Dinner and Auction is scheduled for Saturday, March 3rd.  

Valentine's Day Party

St. Malachy School will be having Valentine's Day parties during the afternoon of Tuesday, February 13th since Valentine's Day is also Ash Wednesday. Students will make valentine containers at school. Valentine cards may be brought for each classmate. A class list has also been included in the take home folder.

Bring A Friend to School

St. Malachy students are encourage to bring a friend to school on Wednesday, February 14th. There is no school at the public school on this day. Students will need to dress up since this is a mass day. Hot lunch will also be provided for all students. There will be no bus transportation since the public school is not in session.

Late Slips

The third trimester begins on Monday, February 26th. Late slips begin on this day for third graders. Every time a student doesn’t not have an assignment (spelling packet, writing missed words, getting a test signed, etc) completed, he or she receives a late slip. The student must get the late slip signed and the homework completed and returned the next day.  If the homework is completed and the late slip is signed there is no other consequence.  If the late slip is not signed or the homework is not completed by the next day, the student will have to serve a detention.  On the sixth late slip received, the student gets an automatic detention.  Anymore late slips are received after the sixth one also results in detention being served.  Parents will be notified when a detention is to be served.  Students receive late slips from Mrs. Sickels, Miss Surma, and me, so the six late slips allowed are per teacher.  The best way to avoid late slips is to just get homework completed on time!  Please continue to check assignment books to see what was done during the day, what still needs to be completed, and what needs to be signed.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the late slip policy.  My email is nburg@crestonstmalachy.org or by phone at school 782-7125.  By starting the late slip policy now, students know what to expect in the upper grades.  Please take a few minutes to talk to your third grader about the late slip policy and what the consequences are for not getting work completed.  

Important Dates
Friday, February 2nd-Grandparents/Special Guests Mass 1:30 PM
Thursday, February 8th-Donuts with Dad
Friday, February 9th-Spirit Day ($1)
Tuesday, February 13th-Valentine's Day Party in PM
Wednesday, February 14th-Bring a Friend to School Day
Thursday, February 15th-PTO Meeting
Tuesday, February 20th-Mrs. Burg at Literacy Meeting (Substitute)
Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day ($1)
Wednesday, February 28th-3rd Grade Mass

1-25-18

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1-25-18

Science

Students have been learning about the moon. Students have studied the phases. During class we completed an activity with Oreos modeling the phases of the moon.They have also learned about lunar and solar eclipses.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class read an informational text called "A Tree is Growing." The comprehension skill covered graphic features such as captions, diagrams, photographs, labels, and timelines to help enhance and better understand the text. The vocabulary strategy focused on word roots, the base, or building block, of a word. Students worked on /k/ such as check, shark, and coldest and /kw/ such as question and equal.  The grammar skill covered using the verb be and helping verbs.

The results of the lesson 17 weekly reading assessment have been included in the the take home folder.

  Math

The third grade is continuing to apply the multiplication facts that they have learned. 

Catholic Schools Week

St. Malachy School will be celebrating Catholic Schools Week from Sunday, January 28th-Friday, February 2nd. Many fun activities will take place during the week.  Mass will be celebrated at Holy Spirit on Sunday, January 28th.  Notes went home in last week's take home folder looking for volunteers for this mass. Brunch will be served by the PTO following mass. Monday, January 29th is PJ/Comfy Clothes Day. Faculty and staff of St. Malachy will be going to lunch at A&G. Students will need to bring a sack lunch (milk provided). Students will eat with their Advent Angels. Tuesday, January 30th is Tourist Tuesday. Students come dressed to school like a tourist (Hawaiian shirt, sandals, sunglasses, hats,  fanny pack, binoculars, camera, etc). During the morning, third through eighth grade students will be walking to the movie theater to see the movie "Wonder." Cost is $2 per child. Please sign and return the permission slip by next Tuesday. During the afternoon, teachers and students will be participating in Minute to Win It games. Wednesday, January 31st is America/Superhero Day. There is NO mass on this day. During the morning is the Chamber of Commerce Coffee and during the afternoon students will be getting together with their Advent Angels to make valentine cards for servicemen and women. Thursday, February 1st is Blue/Gold Day. A field trip to Skate South roller skating rink has been planned. Please check the take home folder for the permission slip and information on the trip. Cost of the field trip is $10 (five dollars for transportation and five dollars for entry fee). Please return the permission slip and fee by Friday, January 26th. Parents are welcome to attend, but must provide their own transportation and pay the $5 entry fee at the rink. If you will be attending the field trip and taking your child home with you, please let me know in advance. Friday, February 2nd is Dress Up Day. The Grandparents/ Special Guest mass at Holy Spirit Church begin at 1:30 PM. There will be a cookie and punch reception following mass. Students may leave with their mass guest. Please just let me know ahead of time.

St. Malachy Foundation Dinner and Auction

Notes are being sent home the take home folder pertaining to the basket for the St. Malachy Auction that will take place on Saturday, March 3rd. This year grade bands (PreK-2nd, 3rd-5th, and 6th-8th) are organizing one basket for the auction. Third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade will have a "Gardening" basket. Heidi Rohrig, Calista Purdum, and Danielle Steele are organizing the basket for our grade band. Donations for this basket are now being accepted. Items or cash/check donations are being accepted.  Items to donate for the basket may include gardening gloves, shovel, watering can, kneeling pad, bug spray, plant food, garden fertilizer, potting soil, hose, pots, seeds/bulbs, garden decor, gift cards, and wheelbarrow (to serve as the basket). These are just suggestions. Feel free to donate any other gardening type items.

Each individual class will still need a personalized silent auction item. 3rd grade will be doing a framed/canvas class photograph with a saying on it. Heidi Rohrig will be taking the pictures and putting it together. Monetary donations are being accepted to cover the cost of the silent auction.

Bring a Friend to School

St. Malachy School is hosting a "Bring a Friend" Day on Wednesday, February 14th. There is no school at the public school on this day. The friend being brought to school must currently be in the same grade as the St. Malachy School. There is mass on this day, so guests will need to dress up. Hot lunch will be provided for guests, so no sack lunches. Notes were sent home in last week's take home folder pertaining to this event. On the back of the note is a form that needs filled out about the friend coming to school.

Upcoming Dates
Sunday, January 28th-Friday, February 2nd-Catholic Schools Week
Thursday, February 8th-Donuts with Dad
Friday, January 9th-Spirit Day ($1)
Tuesday, February 13th-Valentine's Day Party
Wednesday, February 14th-Bring a Friend to School Day
Thursday, February 15th-PTO Meeting
Tuesday, February 20th-Mrs. Burg at Tier 2 Literacy Meeting
Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day ($1)